Is it so far from madness to wisdom?" - Daenerys Targaryen

Sometimes he could almost forget that it was there, the way you forget about the sky or the earth underfoot, but there were other times when it seemed as if there was nothing else in the world.

Old stories are like old friends, she used to say. You have to visit them from time to time.

I love fantasy. I grew up reading fantasy. But, I wanted to put a somewhat different spin on it. The whole trope of absolute good versus absolute evil, which was wonderful in the hands of J.R. Tolkien, became cliche and rote in the hands of the many Tolkien imitators that followed.

Do the dead frighten you?

We will fight a battle, and then we will rest. Alive or dead, we'll rest." - Jon Snow

Love is poison. A sweet poison, yes, but it will kill you all the same.